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<p>There is just so much going on with the whole change over from Office 2007 to 2010, and for those of you still stuck in 2003, even more important for you to start convincing your organisations of the need to go straight to 2010.</p>
<p>We have been running the beta 2010 here solidly an all our main machines here for 2 months now, with some individual test machines previous to that. Unfortunately now we have to have test and development environments in both 2003 and 2007 so that has doubled our required number of Virtual Machines.</p>
<p>Following are some of the latest news and bits and pieces as well as some other MS Office related information I have come across recently.</p>
<h3>Excel 2007 and 2010</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/Excel_1.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Excel" border="0" alt="Excel" align="right" src="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/Excel_thumb_0.png" width="150" height="150" /></a> Conditional formatting. Conditional formatting in 2007 is one of the main reasons people come to Spyjournal.biz. These two articles are the single most hit articles of the thousands here with over 50,000 views between them:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.spyjournal.biz/excel/conditional_format_Excel2007">Conditional formatting in Excel 2007 - entire row colours</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.spyjournal.biz/excel/conditionalformat_excel2007">Excel 2007 Conditional Formatting</a> </li>
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<p>Amit Velingkar has written <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/2010/04/22/conditional-formatting-rules-simplified.aspx">conditional formatting rules simplified</a> while Dick Kusleika has written some code to <a href="http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2010/04/16/listing-format-conditions/">list out all the conditional formatting rules in a worksheet</a></p>
<!--break--><!--break--><p>Dynamic Range names. Dick has written two very good posts about creating dynamic range names in VBA – <a href="http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2010/04/16/creating-dynamic-names-in-vba/">Creating Dynamic Names in VBA</a> and <a href="http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2010/05/04/creating-dynamic-named-ranges-in-vba-ii/">Creating Dynamic Named Ranges in VBA II</a>.</p>
<p>There is a <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/2010/05/03/microsoft-excel-2010-developer-challenge-soccer-edition.aspx">Developer challenge involving the world cup</a> with some good prizes up for grabs.</p>
<p>Excel MVP Andrew Engwirda has written some <a href="http://blog.livedoor.jp/andrewe/archives/51073387.html">cool little VB apps</a> (check out his <a href="http://www.andrewsexceltips.net/JMT%20Full%20List.htm">Utilities</a>)</p>
<p>Dick has written some code to <a href="http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2010/04/20/illegal-file-names/">detect illegal file names</a> – we will be using that soon in a project.</p>
<p>This is the most amazing thing I have seen an Excel Chart do – ever – period. Download it and play it. Excel Hero Blog – <a href="http://www.excelhero.com/blog/2010/05/excel-animated-chart.html">Excel Animated Chart</a></p>
<p>Nick saved this piece of code to <a href="http://www.codekeep.net/snippets/e51ba2b6-f4ec-4c0f-a0ee-2a88167a7532.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+CodeKeepVBA+(CodeKeep+VBA)">find the last used row in VBA</a> at &lt;Code:Keep&gt;</p>
<h3>OneNote</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/OneNote.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="OneNote" border="0" alt="OneNote" align="right" src="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/OneNote_thumb.png" width="150" height="150" /></a> If you have never used OneNote then start. Seriously. If you go to meetings, track information about projects, to do lists, screenshot information to use in documents, need to remember where you found something or kept something, a secure place to store passwords, share information with friends and colleagues, etc etc then use OneNote. <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/descapa/archive/2010/05/05/onenote-notebooks-on-windows-live-skydrive-coming-soon.aspx">OneNote 2010 will include the ability to save and share on SkyDrive</a>, but not until <a href="http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowslive/archive/2010/04/21/getting-ready-for-windows-live-wave-4.aspx">Windows Live Wave 4 is launched soon</a>. If you are interested, you can check out the <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/jeffa36/archive/2010/04/30/check-out-the-new-windows-live-messenger.aspx">new Windows Live Messenger Preview</a>.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/onenotetips/archive/2010/04/30/office-ribbon-in-onenote-2010.aspx">OneNote 2010 Ribbon is new</a> as OneNote 2007 didn’t have it. to be honest I an so used to the Ribbon now I didn’t even notice!</p>
<h3>PowerPoint</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.labnol.org/software/powerpoint-viewer-for-office-2010/13617/"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="PowerPoint" border="0" alt="PowerPoint" align="right" src="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/PowerPoint.png" width="150" height="150" /> The Power Point Viewer is now updated to cater for PowerPoint 2010</a>. This is for people who need to see PowerPoint shows without PowerPoint installed.</p>
<h3>Office Suite</h3>
<p>Smart Art is one of the killer functions in the Office 2007 suite, and in <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2010/05/06/smartart-diagram-improvements.aspx">Office 2010 Smart Art has been extended and improved</a>. Seriously if you make Word documents or PowerPoint slideshows then you would buy office 2007 or 2010 now for that alone! When I train a new user in Word the three things I show them are styles and themes, picture management and smart art.</p>
<p><a href="http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2010/04/28/help-and-training-for-office-2010-and-office-2007.aspx">Help and training is now available for Office 2007 and 2010</a> and can be added to the ribbon.</p>
https://www.spyjournal.biz/office-2007-and-2010-sundry-tips-and-hints#commentsconditional formattingExcelOfficeOneNotePowerPointSmartArtVBAhttps://www.spyjournal.biz/crss/node/1215Fri, 07 May 2010 06:57:14 +0000jethro1215 at https://www.spyjournal.bizNews from around the Webhttps://www.spyjournal.biz/news-around-web
<p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-au/default.mspx">Windows Phone Website</a> – if you use a windows mobile then there are plenty of resources here. If you don’t you probably should!</p>
<p><a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/HA102314211033.aspx">Insert the date and time in your OneNote notes.</a> Shortcuts are:</p>
<ul>
<li>To insert the current date and time, press ALT+SHIFT+F. </li>
<li>To insert only the date, press ALT+SHIFT+D. </li>
<li>To insert only the time, press ALT+SHIFT+T.</li>
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<p><a href="http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2009/09/28/trusted-documents.aspx">Explanation of trusted documents feature in Office 2010</a></p>
<p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/archive/2009/10/16/easier-ways-to-create-and-manage-meetings.aspx">Outlook 2010 has some cool calendar features</a></p>
<p>Windows Media Centre Hints and tips from Missing remote</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.missingremote.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=3885&amp;Itemid=1">Enabling Multi-Channel for Other Audio Formats</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.missingremote.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=3831&amp;Itemid=1">Unlock Hidden Startup Switches for Windows7 and make MCE Start Your Way</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.missingremote.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=3936&amp;Itemid=1">Guide: Configuring Standby on your HTPC</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.missingremote.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=3716&amp;Itemid=1">Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid with your HTPC Build</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.missingremote.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=4144&amp;Itemid=1">Guide: Installing Ffdshow Software</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.missingremote.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=4198&amp;Itemid=1">Guide: Getting Lossless Audio off the PC</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.sevenforums.com/media-center/2202-how-convert-wtv-files.html">How to convert .wtv files</a></p>
<p><a href="http://babgvant.com/blogs/andyvt/archive/2008/12/15/todvrms-1-0-0-6-public-release.aspx">More on .wtv to .dvrms formats from Andy vt’s blog</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/10/13/the-triangle-jaw-dropping-juggling/">Jaw dropping juggling</a></p>
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https://www.spyjournal.biz/news-around-web#commentsExcelOfficeOneNoteOutlookHome Theatrefunnyhttps://www.spyjournal.biz/crss/node/1184Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:47:10 +0000jethro1184 at https://www.spyjournal.bizRandom assorted informationhttps://www.spyjournal.biz/random-assorted-information
<p>Starting with what do people do all day? The <a href="http://www.nytimes.com//interactive/2009/07/31/business/20080801-metrics-graphic.html?hp">New York Times has an interactive chart of what people do all day</a> broken by various demographics. Very cool to view.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/PactChangeStartsWithYourUnderwearTreeadvertisement.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Print" border="0" alt="Print" align="right" src="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/PactChangeStartsWithYourUnderwearTreeadvertisement_thumb.jpg" width="244" height="164" /></a> Change the world – start by changing your underpants. <a href="http://wearpact.com/">Pact</a> is a lingerie company with some major differences. Check out their <a href="http://wearpact.com/">website</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>PACT's motto is CHANGE STARTS WITH YOUR UNDERWEAR. The purchase of PACT underwear is participation in a social movement: when you buy PACT underwear, you are supporting and encouraging organic cotton farmers, responsible labor practices, and businesses that form partnerships with nonprofit organizations dedicated to positive change in our world</p>
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<!--break--><!--break--><p>Kayla from <a href="http://www.xobni.com">Xobni</a> writes in the company blog some <a href="http://www.xobni.com/blog/2009/07/29/get-to-the-point/">good email writing techniques</a> – linking to Leo Babauta from <a href="http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/05/7-rules-for-communicating-clearly-and-concisely-in-email/">WebWorkerDaily</a> for these gems:</p>
<ul>
<li>Use the minimum amount of sentences. </li>
<li>State what you want right away. </li>
<li>Write about only one thing. </li>
<li>Leave out the humor and emotions. </li>
<li>Use “if…then” statements. </li>
<li>Review for ambiguity, clarity. </li>
<li>Revise for conciseness. </li>
</ul>
<h3>Windows Live</h3>
<p>Live Movie Maker has been upgraded majorly – ready for Windows 7 – and presumably for Wave 4 when it comes. In the meantime it can be downloaded as part of the live suite or on its own. The features missing from the previous versions after the upgrade from the old MovieMaker are back thank goodness.</p>
<p>Key features</p>
<ul>
<li>Auto Movie: … it’s back.&#160; Just select some images/video and some music, and let auto movie create your production for you.&#160; Yes it’s that simple. </li>
<li>Video editing: Select a piece of video, set in and out times, do a simple copy/paste to capture multiple pieces of video out of a longer piece.&#160; Again, very simple. </li>
<li>Fit content to music length: with one click, Movie Maker will fit your content to the length of video you select.&#160; Now that’s useful! </li>
<li>Share Online: While it pains us to give so much attention to the “G word”, publishing to YouTube, or to DVD.&#160; A publish to Facebook plugin is available, with more to come.</li>
<li>Get <a href="http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2009/08/19/windows-live-movie-maker-get-it-now.aspx">Windows Live Movie Maker</a> now</li>
<li><a href="http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2009/08/18/livesino-gets-a-sneak-peak-at-new-windows-live-movie-maker.aspx">More specific details and highlights</a></li>
<li>More news and <a href="http://www.labnol.org/software/windows-live-movie-maker-1080p/9473/">screenshots of Live Movie Maker</a></li>
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<p><a href="http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2009/08/12/publish-your-photosynth-to-facebook.aspx">Publish your photosynths to facebook</a></p>
<p><a href="http://wl-tipsandtricks-pg-en.spaces.live.com/">Windows Live tricks and hints</a> – get more out of messenger, photo gallery etc.</p>
<p>Get the revised <a href="http://download.live.com/">windows live suite</a> – there’s lots of updates that have been “silently” announced.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/explore/virtual-study-space.aspx">Forget the coffee shop — meet in a virtual study space</a></p>
<p>The digital fridge - <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/explore/digital-fridge.aspx">New ways to show off your kid's schoolwork</a></p>
<p>The correct way to <a href="http://clubhouse.microsoft.com/public/post/2719d4c0-83e9-41de-b1ec-1077b63fc7ce">use hotmail to attached scanned documents</a></p>
<h3>Windows 7</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090818/scenic-ribbon-ui-framework-backported-windows-7-client-platform-update/">Scenic Ribbon UI framework to be backported to Vista with “Windows 7 Client Platform Update”</a></p>
<blockquote><p>A “Windows 7 interoperability pack” creatively dubbed the “Windows 7 Client Platform Update” will be made available via Windows Update by October. This “recommended” update will then have to be installed manually by the user or silently triggered by the application setup to be applied.</p>
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<p><a href="http://on10.net/blogs/sarahintampa/Three-New-Windows-7-Themes/">Three New Windows 7 Themes</a></p>
<p>For Microsoft partners with the MAPS subscription – <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/msppdd/">download windows 7 final versions now</a> – as we speak i am downloading Ultimate 64 bit and Professional 32 and 64 bit versions.</p>
<p><a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/compare-editions">Compare Windows 7 versions</a> – which one is right for you?</p>
<h3>OneNote</h3>
<p>interesting story about how <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/descapa/archive/2009/08/11/pfizer-onenote-how-pfizer-is-15-more-effective-because-of-onenote.aspx">OneNote is making Pfizer 15% more effective</a></p>
<h3>Other Microsoft News and Links</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.labnol.org/software/download-software-updates-for-computer/9432/">Find Software Updates for your Windows PC Automatically</a>. Services to help you update non Microsoft software more easily.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/aug09/08-12pixipr.mspx">Microsoft and Nokia Form Global Alliance to Design, Develop and Market Mobile Productivity Solutions</a>. Nokia smartphones will be fully integrated with Microsoft Office Mobile – w00t!</p>
<h3>Office 2010 news</h3>
<p><a href="http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2009/08/17/evolving-the-backstage-view.aspx">More backstage information and changes</a>. See <a href="http://www.spyjournal.biz/node/1162">previous post containing links to the backstage</a> story.</p>
<p>And <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2009/08/11/microsoft-office-backstage-part-3-the-info-tab.aspx">Office 2010 backstage part 3 – the info tab</a></p>
<p><a href="http://virtualwolf.org/images/ars/helpdeskwarning.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="helpdeskwarning" border="0" alt="helpdeskwarning" align="right" src="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/helpdeskwarning.png" width="244" height="211" /></a>Arpan Shah blogs his <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/arpans/archive/2009/08/16/my-top-office-2010-features.aspx">Top Office 2010 features</a>. In short they are:</p>
<ol>
<li>Office Web Applications</li>
<li>Screen clippings</li>
<li>image Background Removal</li>
<li>Outlook User Experience</li>
<li>Video Editing</li>
<li>PowerPoint Broadcasting</li>
<li>PowerPoint Transitions</li>
<li>Copy / Paste</li>
<li>SharePoint Workspace</li>
<li>Sparklines – which i have <a href="http://www.spyjournal.biz/node/1162">already talked about</a></li>
</ol>
<h3>Gadgets</h3>
<p>JoeTech reviews a <a href="http://www.joetech.com/2009/08/14/vuzix-iwear-av310-wide-screen-head-mounted-display-in-style/">Vuzix iWear AV310 Wide Screen Head Mounted Display In Style</a></p>
<h3>Humour</h3>
<p><a href="http://virtualwolf.org/images/ars/helpdeskwarning.png">Help desk warning</a> – link for the picture above.</p>
<p>Do you want to date my avatar – a funny satirical spoof of online MMORPG gamers and RPG fantasy players. <a href="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/08/17/do-you-wanna-date-my-avatar/">Thanks to Geeks are Sexy</a></p>
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https://www.spyjournal.biz/random-assorted-information#commentsOfficeOneNoteWindows 7Windows Livegadgetsphonesfunnyhttps://www.spyjournal.biz/crss/node/1166Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:34:23 +0000jethro1166 at https://www.spyjournal.bizOffice 2007 and 2010https://www.spyjournal.biz/office-2007-and-2010
<p>Office twenty-ten (the correct way of saying it) has some awesome new features over Office 2003 and 2007.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/Office2007Logo.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Office2007Logo" border="0" alt="Office2007Logo" align="right" src="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/Office2007Logo_thumb.jpg" width="240" height="72" /></a> The following links highlight some of the amazing things that are going on and I must say I am pretty impressed so far.</p>
<p>Joseph Chirilov has been busy writing (and geting guest writers to write) articles about both the upcoming changes in Excel 2010 as well as a series on using sparklines in Excel 2007 and 2010. Sparklines are mini in-line charts that can graphically display data in a very small space.</p>
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<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/2009/08/07/data-bar-improvements-in-excel-2010.aspx">Data Bar Improvements in Excel 2010</a> – specifically now the ability show negative values in data bars.</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/2009/08/05/icon-set-improvements-in-excel-2010.aspx">Icon Set Improvements in Excel 2010</a> – he walks you through customising the icon sets.</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/2009/07/17/sparklines-in-excel.aspx">Sparklines in Excel</a> – Sam Radakovitz created the following series. This is the introduction.</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/2009/07/20/adding-some-spark-to-your-spreadsheets.aspx">Adding Some Spark to Your Spreadsheets</a> – using Excel 2010 to create sparklines</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/2009/07/30/a-sparkline-trick-using-the-horizontal-axis-as-a-reference-line.aspx">A Sparkline Trick - Using the Horizontal Axis as a Reference Line</a> – a walk through of sparklines.</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/2009/07/24/sparkline-axis-options.aspx">Sparkline Axis Options</a> – a more detailed look at the various axis options for sparklines</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/2009/07/22/formatting-sparklines.aspx">Formatting Sparklines</a> – how to format the sparklines in various different ways – plenty of pictures here.</li>
</ul>
<p>As mentioned previously the Office 2010 Technical Preview was released a while ago but is not for general public use but invitation only. I was fortunate enough to get a copy to play with and have been having some fin exploring. If you are unable to get into the program then these <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/2009/07/14/microsoft-office-2010-technical-preview-released.aspx">Office 2010 videos</a> may be good to watch.</p>
<p>Some of the back story to Office 2010. This is pretty exciting stuff and is very obvious when you open up any of the applications and click the Office orb. This part of office is now called backstage. This excerpt is from the <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/default.aspx">official Office Product Development Group Blog</a>. I suggest you <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2009/07/29/save-some-time-save-some-trees.aspx">read the whole article about the backstage approach to printing</a> to get the whole story.</p>
<blockquote><p>Many of the Backstage features in Office suffer from low discoverability and we want to use the Backstage View to address that. We also want to help you get more out of the Backstage features that you already know.&#160; One of the best examples of a Backstage feature you know and likely rely on is Print. It's been around for ages and largely hasn't changed since you first used it:</p>
<p>Even though Print hasn't really changed in all these years, it is far from perfect. Has the following ever happened to you? After writing a document, you format the page so it looks just right. You click Print and walk over to the printer, only to discover in horror that you forgot to set it to print two-sided, or that a last minute margin change meant the last word of your document got pushed onto its own page. You realize this as you watch the first of 30 copies printing.</p>
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<p>The <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2009/07/15/microsoft-office-backstage-part-1-backstory.aspx">first part of the backstage story</a> is here. To be honest I though the second part made immediate sense whereas the first part is more setting the scene stuff.</p>
<p>OneNote has some pretty exciting new developments</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdi67tnx6nA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0">Follow this quick tutorial to see how Microsoft OneNote 2010 can help you organize your Business and home projects. With OneNote you can keep notes, ideas, maps, meetings and other information</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/descapa/archive/2009/07/23/onenote-afterglow-i-love-you-onenote.aspx">OneNote AfterGlow</a> - Note that this might not be safe for work (NSFW) so just a word of caution, no swearing or nudity just an “adult situation” </li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/descapa/archive/2009/07/16/onenote-2010-file-format-information.aspx">OneNote 2010 File Format Information</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/descapa/archive/2009/07/15/overview-of-onenote-2010-what-s-new-for-you.aspx">Overview of OneNote 2010 – What’s new for you</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/descapa/archive/2009/07/14/onenote-included-in-all-office-editions.aspx">OneNote included in all Office editions!</a></li>
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<ul>Finally <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/archive/2009/07/14/introducing-word-2010.aspx">Word 2010 from 30,000 feet</a>.</ul>
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https://www.spyjournal.biz/office-2007-and-2010#commentsChartsExcelOfficeOneNoteWordhttps://www.spyjournal.biz/crss/node/1162Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:28:33 +0000jethro1162 at https://www.spyjournal.bizLink Dumphttps://www.spyjournal.biz/link-dump
<p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/descapa/archive/2009/06/05/dwayne-smith-unum-s-two-million-dollar-man.aspx">Smith: Unum's two million dollar man</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Recently I found that <a href="http://www.unum.com">Unum</a>, a Fortune 500 company that provides long term and short term disability, group life and long term care insurance for more than 100,000 companies, uses OneNote 2007!&#160; Looks like they save over $2 million by switching to OneNote by going to a paperless system.</p>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/06/03/creating-saving-sharing-themes-in-windows-7.aspx"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="CB068328_LoRes" border="0" alt="CB068328_LoRes" align="right" src="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/CB068328_LoRes_0.jpg" width="164" height="244" /> Creating, Saving, Sharing Themes in Windows 7</a>. An in depth how to from the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/default.aspx">Engineering Windows 7</a> blog.</p>
<p>From <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/auspartners/archive/2009/06/04/windows-7-competition.aspx">Sarah Arnold</a>: Opportunity to win a <a href="http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop_latitude_e4300?c=us&amp;l=en&amp;s=biz">Windows 7 Laptop</a> if you are a Microsoft Partner</p>
<blockquote><p>The Worldwide Windows Marketing Team has launched a <a href="https://partner.microsoft.com/Windows7PartnerVideoContest">Windows 7 partner video contest</a> and I would love to see Australian Partners involved. </p>
<p>To get involved all you need to do is be a Microsoft Partner, create one or many 2-3 minutes video(s) and post it to <a href="http://digitalforumtv.com">DigitalForumTV.com</a>for voting by anyone with a Live ID. </p>
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<p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/nickmayhew/archive/2009/05/26/microsoft-mapping-roadshow-melb-syd-brisbane-9-12-june.aspx">Microsoft Mapping Roadshow</a> – Melb, Syd, Brisbane - 9-12 June</p>
<blockquote><p>Places are limited so if you do wish to register please do so ASAP at <a href="https://www.microsoft.com.au/events/register/home.aspx?levent=324573&amp;linvitation">https://www.microsoft.com.au/events/register/home.aspx?levent=324573&amp;linvitation</a></p>
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<!--break--><!--break--><p>Has your Share Point Document Library Explorer view disappeared after SBS 2008 Update Rollup 2. This also affects the ability to create new templated documents or edit documents in their native office application. The datasheet view also disappears. We had this happen and after a lot of research found <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2009/05/07/files-in-companyweb-are-opening-read-only-after-sbs-2008-ur2.aspx">this post by Chad</a> that solved it for us – and then <a href="http://blog.mpecsinc.ca/2009/06/sharepoint-document-library-explorer.html">Philip posted a similar answer</a> a couple of days later. The solution is to <strong>Enable Client Integration </strong>under the Authentication Providers section in&#160; SharePoint Application Management.</p>
<p>Joel Spolksy has launched <a href="http://jobs.serverfault.com/">ServerFault</a> – a jobs board for developers and software engineers.</p>
<p>Geeks are Sexy links to the <a href="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/03/assassins-creed-2-e3-trailer-and-gameplay/">Assassins Creed 2 trailer and gameplay videos</a>. Cant wait for this game to come out!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.labnol.org/internet/web-3-concepts-explained/8908/">Web 3.0 Concepts Explained in Plain English (Presentations)</a> from Amit.</p>
<p>Amit also shared information about <a href="http://www.labnol.org/internet/upload-mp3-files-on-slideshare/8893/">new functionality for MP3 files on SlideShare</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_first_google_chrome_extensions.php">Google Chrome is getting extensions</a> – the <a href="http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/extensions">extensions page</a>.</p>
https://www.spyjournal.biz/link-dump#commentsOneNoteSBS2008Windows 7gamingbrowserhttps://www.spyjournal.biz/crss/node/1117Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:41:00 +0000jethro1117 at https://www.spyjournal.bizMicrosoft Links for the weekhttps://www.spyjournal.biz/microsoft-links-week
<p><a href="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/IMGP7033800.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMGP7033-800" border="0" alt="IMGP7033-800" align="right" src="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/IMGP7033800_thumb.jpg" width="244" height="163" /></a> </p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2009/05/11/office-2010-hello-world.aspx">Office 2010, Hello World</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/environment/greenit/">Green IT is good for your bottom line</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxoYHG69imE">iheart OneNote You Tube video</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.windowsvirtualization.com/virtualization/howto-virtual-desktop-pools-by-using-remote-desktop-web-access">HOWTO: Virtual Desktop Pools by Using Remote Desktop Web Access</a></li>
<li><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709691.aspx">User Account Control Step-by-Step Guide</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com.au/events/register/home.aspx?levent=592928&amp;linvitation">Microsoft Online Partner Roadshow – all cities - enrol now!</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/nickmayhew/archive/2009/05/16/new-ebs-2008-and-sbs-2008-click-through-demos-available-for-partners.aspx">New EBS 2008 and SBS 2008 Click-through Demos Available For Partners!</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/add-ins.mspx">Most popular Windows Home Server Add-ins</a></li>
<li><a href="http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/writerbeta/thread/62ad697b-ed19-4b0b-ae6a-32bec06b142b">Publishing problem - HTML brackets stripped from post?</a> – a live writer issue – caused by PHP5 settings on the host – we experienced this problem last week and made the changes below on the server to make it work.</li>
</ul>
<blockquote><p>For reference, the fix for cPanel servers is to create a file called all_php5 under /var/cpanel/easy/apache/rawopts/ and add the following two lines then recompile Apache:</p>
<ul>
<li>-with-expat=builtin <br />-with-libexpat-dir=/usr/lib</li>
</ul>
<p>For those who are not using cPanel but instead manually compile PHP, the fix is to add the following line after the other ./configuration options then build as usual:</p>
<ul>
<li>--with-expat=builtin --with-libexpat-dir=/usr/lib</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
<!--break--><!--break-->https://www.spyjournal.biz/microsoft-links-week#commentsOfficeOneNoteServer 2008Windows 7Windows Home ServerWindows Livehttps://www.spyjournal.biz/crss/node/1101Tue, 26 May 2009 16:35:45 +0000jethro1101 at https://www.spyjournal.bizWeekend Web Rounduphttps://www.spyjournal.biz/weekend-web-roundup
<p>There’s been a lot of things happening this week. Not the least being the possibility of a swine flu pandemic. Read on for a scientific explanation of swine flu.</p>
<h3><a href="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/IMGP7128800.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMGP7128-800" border="0" alt="IMGP7128-800" align="right" src="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/IMGP7128800_thumb.jpg" width="244" height="163" /></a> General Microsoft News</h3>
<ul>
<li>Amit has written article explaining <a href="http://www.labnol.org/software/download-images-in-outlook-email/8277/">How to Download Images from an Outlook Email</a>.Tip – one of the options works for PowerPoint also.</li>
<li>Sarah Perez lets us know that <a href="http://on10.net/blogs/sarahintampa/PhotoZoom-Becomes-DeepZoomPix/">PhotoZoom Becomes DeepZoomPix</a>. This is now using Silverlight. I believe this technology has also changed inside PhotoSynth in order to allow Mac users better access to the technology.</li>
<li>She also lets us know how to <a href="http://on10.net/blogs/sarahintampa/Twitter-in-Excel-for-real-this-time/">Twitter in Excel</a> – how to actually run twitter in side an Excel client.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx">Windows 7 Beta keys are still available</a>. The Release Candidate itself is due shortly. From the <a href="http://windowsteamblog.com/">Windows Team Blog</a>:</li>
</ul>
<blockquote><p>I’m pleased to share that the RC is on track for April 30th for&#160; download by MSDN and TechNet subscribers. Broader, public availability will begin on May 5th. <a href="http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/04/24/windows-7-release-candidate-update.aspx">Link for rest of article</a>.</p>
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<li><a href="http://on10.net/blogs/larry/Expose-your-Windows-with-Switcher/">Expose your windows with switcher</a>. See all your current windows as a dock, grid or tile. <a href="http://insentient.net/Index.html">Switcher is available from this site</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/david_rasmussen/archive/2009/04/22/onenote-print-driver-a-64-bit-solution.aspx">One Note Print Driver – a 64 bit solution</a>. David Rasmussen has provided us with this – hooray! Full instructions on <a href="http://xps2onenote.codeplex.com/">using the 64 bit One Note Print Driver</a> at codeplex.</li>
</ul>
<p>From the Microsoft Office Outlook Team Blog</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/archive/2009/04/20/outlook-and-exchange-2010-the-next-wave.aspx">Outlook and Exchange 2010 – The Next Wave</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/archive/2009/04/27/triaging-mail-with-categories-and-search-folders.aspx">Triaging Mail with Categories and Search Folders</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Office 2007 Service Pack 2 News</h3>
<p>It was released 28 April 2009. Here are some links.</p>
<ul>
<li>Microsoft’s <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953195">knowledge base article 953195 Description of 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2) and of Microsoft Office Language Pack 2007 SP2</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/may08/05-21ExpandedFormatsPR.mspx">Microsoft press release for Office 2007 SP2</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>SBS2008</h3>
<p>We have a new server coming next week and plan to run SBS2008 on it. Here are some articles I have been reviewing.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://blog.mpecsinc.ca/2009/04/sbs-2008-setup-checklist-v10.html">SBS 2008 Setup Checklist V1.0</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.mpecsinc.ca/2009/04/sbs-2003-to-sbs-2008-migration-happy.html">SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 Migration Happy Sign</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.sbsfaq.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=307">Cannot connect to Remote Web Workplace on SBS 2008</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Other Internet stuff</h3>
<p>Swine Flu. Geeks are Sexy post a <a href="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/04/27/science-is-sexy-what-is-swine-flu-how-does-an-animal-disease-spread-to-a-human-host/">Science is Sexy Too explanation of what the swine flu virus actually is</a> and how it passes to human hosts.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/04/22/wednesday-morning-humor-game-over-geek-wins/">Wednesday Morning Humor: Game over. Geek wins.</a> A funny read – well for geeks anyway!</p>
https://www.spyjournal.biz/weekend-web-roundup#commentsOfficeOneNoteOutlookPowerPointSBS2008Windows 7socialfunnyhttps://www.spyjournal.biz/crss/node/1090Fri, 01 May 2009 23:20:31 +0000jethro1090 at https://www.spyjournal.bizWeb Round Uphttps://www.spyjournal.biz/web-round
<p><a href="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/IMG_5336800.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="IMG_5336-800" border="0" alt="IMG_5336-800" align="right" src="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/IMG_5336800_thumb.jpg" width="244" height="184" /></a> Today’s list of cool tools and weird things is brought to you by – well actually just me. But <a href="/user/29" target="_blank">Kitty</a> can hold her iPhone next to her Dell Laptop showing that she loves both PC and Apple. and yes pink is her favourite colour!</p>
<h3>Lets start off with some Microsoft Technologies</h3>
<p>Amit has written a good how to article explaining <a href="http://www.labnol.org/software/insert-images-in-word-documents/8144/" target="_blank">How to Insert Images in a Word Document without Embedding</a></p>
<p>john has written about his ongoing <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/johnguin/archive/2009/04/09/a-low-key-low-stress-hardware-week-in-onenote-test.aspx" target="_blank">OneNote testing</a> as part of the OneNote development team in at Microsoft. Interesting stuff. We love OneNote here – its our primary team communication tool (after Outlook) and we use <a href="https://www.mesh.com/Welcome/default.aspx" target="_blank">Livemesh</a> to synchronise our shared notebooks with our team spread around the world.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ferrari.com">www.ferrari.com</a> is written using <a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/FX100487631033.aspx" target="_blank">Sharepoint Designer</a> (now being offered for free) and is published with a <a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/FX100492001033.aspx" target="_blank">Sharepoint</a> Backend. Awesome! I like the <a href="http://www.ferrari.com/English/GT_Sport%20Cars/CurrentRange/612Scaglietti/Pages/612Scaglietti.aspx" target="_blank">612 Scaglietti</a> best.</p>
<p>Philip writes <a href="http://blog.mpecsinc.ca/2009/04/exchange-integrated-outlook-recovering.html">Exchange Integrated Outlook – Recovering Deleted Items</a>. A good detailed how to.</p>
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<h3>Weird and wonderful</h3>
<p>Cake Wrecks has some <a href="http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2009/04/sunday-sweets-geeky-goodness.html" target="_blank">photos of awesome cake decorating – Stargate style</a>!</p>
<!--break--><!--break--><p><a href="http://bumptop.com/" target="_blank">BumpTop</a> is a new 3D desktop – see <a href="http://www.joetech.com/2009/04/09/bumptop-is-my-new-3d-desktop-and-more/" target="_blank">JoeTechs review</a> and the video demonstrating it – looks pretty cool. I have downloaded it to play with on a dev machine – not risking it on my production box.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.fragdolls.com/" target="_blank">FragDoll</a>, <a href="http://www.fragdolls.com/index.php/blogs/category/phoenix/" target="_blank">Phoenix</a>, writes about <a href="http://www.fragdolls.com/index.php/blogs/detail/category/phoenix/do_you_remember" target="_blank">her love of gaming</a> stemming from a childhood where her family gamed together. We are doing the same thing, and it comes from my childhood also. My siblings and I endlessly played <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_game" target="_blank">Monopoly</a>, The Travel Game, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit_(game)" target="_blank">Pit</a> and lately as adults <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settlers_of_Catan" target="_blank">Settlers of Catan</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.vubx.com/content/interesting-entertaining-facts-lego/" target="_blank">Interesting facts about Lego</a></p>
<p><a href="http://on10.net/blogs/sarahintampa/DigiTweet-a-Gorgeous-New-Twitter-Application/" target="_blank">Sarah posts about a new Twitter desktop client for PC</a> (not using the memory hungry Adobe AIR) called <a href="http://www.digitweet.com/" target="_blank">DigiTweet</a>. Still in Beta.</p>
<p><a href="http://tweetstats.com/" target="_blank">Tweetstats</a> are supposed to give you your twitter statistics – It took a while for mine to be generated! They came back nicely. <a title="http://tweetstats.com/graphs/spyjournal" href="http://tweetstats.com/graphs/spyjournal">http://tweetstats.com/graphs/spyjournal</a>. I’m a 7.8 tweets a day bloke.</p>
<p>Manda (not our <a href="/user/9">aManda</a>) has a <a href="http://www.mandapropaganda.com/?p=314" target="_blank">position vacant – for a boyfriend</a>!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/IMG_5440800.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="IMG_5440-800" border="0" alt="IMG_5440-800" align="right" src="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/IMG_5440800_thumb.jpg" width="181" height="244" /></a> I discovered <a href="http://www.shoppingera.net/" target="_blank">Shoppingera</a>. Phink writes an very good article for <a href="http://www.shoppingera.net/shopping-for-work/" target="_blank">women in the work place – what to wear</a>. So many women just don’t seem to know how to dress at work. Of course those who don't probably wont read this and this will be wasted on them – and for those who already know – well you already know. See <a href="/user/29" target="_blank">Kitty</a> above – she always dresses well for work!</p>
<p>Not weird but very sad. Compassion has written an article about the <a href="http://www.compassion.com.au/article_view.asp?inttype=2&amp;intid=5512" target="_blank">estimated 1.8 million children being sexually exploited, forced into prostitution or pornography</a>. I only wish that the government’s plan to spend money on a un needed <strike>censorship system</strike> filter could be instead used to crack down on the consumers – and ultimately the purveyors of this stuff. Market economics tells us that if you can reduce the consumption, the demand will also drop. How to reduce the consumption – scare the crap out of the people who are tempted to view this stuff with massive fines and jail sentences.</p>
<p> Lullabot announced <a href="http://www.lullabot.com/blog/announcing-drupal-ue-usability-edition" target="_blank">Drupal UE, the Usability Edition</a></p>
<p>For those in Australia, the <a href="http://www.ato.gov.au/taxprofessionals/content.asp?doc=/content/00175431.htm" target="_blank">Tax Office has announced the tax break they are passing to small business with accelerated deductions for asset purchases</a> – including computers. We have already taken advantage of this!</p>
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<h3>Social Networking</h3>
<p>Kate Carruthers has written a very interesting post comparing <a href="http://katecarruthers.com/blog/2009/04/social-networking-office/" target="_blank">the use of social media technologies in the work place</a> to that of the telephone or email – technologies that were once controlled and limited – and now provided without question in most work places.</p>
<p>Laurel Papworth continues the theme with a post titled <a href="http://laurelpapworth.com/behavior-guidelines-unblocking-social-media-at-the-firewall/">Behavior Guidelines: Unblocking Social Media at the Firewall</a>. She provides practical ways an organisation can gain acceptance and indeed demonstrate business needs for the use of social media at work.</p>
<p><a href="http://moodle.org/" target="_blank">Moodle</a> is a site I am bookmarking to come back to and explore more when I have time. Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a Free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites.</p>
https://www.spyjournal.biz/web-round#commentsOneNoteOutlookSharepointWordDrupalfashionnocleanfeedsocialgameshttps://www.spyjournal.biz/crss/node/1068Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:01:50 +0000jethro1068 at https://www.spyjournal.bizWeb round up 4 March 2009https://www.spyjournal.biz/web-round-4-march-2009
<p>Got lots of things to share today.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/IMG_5445.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_5445" border="0" alt="IMG_5445" align="right" src="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/IMG_5445_thumb.jpg" width="244" height="184" /></a>Starting off with Windows 7:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/default.aspx">Engineering Windows 7</a> have listed a bunch of <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/02/26/some-changes-since-beta.aspx">changes made to Windows 7 since the Beta was released</a>. </li>
<li>They have also written a very interesting article about how they built the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/02/18/engineering-the-windows-7-boot-animation.aspx">Windows 7 Boot Animation</a>. </li>
<li>The Windows Team Blog has a list of the <a href="http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2009/02/20/windows-media-center-s-new-pictures-videos-features-in-windows-7.aspx">new Windows Media Centres features in Windows 7</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p>Crossing to Windows Home Server we have these posts:</p>
<ul>
<li>Susan the SBS Diva blogs about <a href="http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2009/02/21/backing-up-the-desktops-in-a-small-network.aspx">Backing up the desktops in a small network</a>. </li>
<li>Windows Home Server Team link to an article about <a href="http://www.homeserverhacks.com/2009/02/syncing-two-windows-home-servers.html">synching two Windows Home Servers</a> using SyncToy. I use Synch Toy a lot to keep numerous folder pairs synchronised. Combined with Livemesh this makes keeping the data between my server and my clients servers synched a cinch! </li>
</ul>
<p>Now over to Microsoft Office:</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.officelabs.com/projects/canvasforonenote/Pages/default.aspx">Canvas for OneNote</a> is a Microsoft Labs initiative. It utilises DeepZoom technology and allows you to navigate and edit notebooks in a new way by providing a high-level canvas-view of all your content. The prototype lets you zoom and pan around; view and organize content in new ways; add new pages right where you want them; and even locate pages in a timeline view. They do provide this warning: </li>
</ul>
<blockquote><p>There are few things to note about how Canvas for OneNote works with your OneNote.</p>
<p>First, we don't work directly off the notebook you selected during setup. We make a copy of it into a new notebook we create called 'Canvas Notebook'.</p>
<p>There are a few reasons for this. Primarily, since this is a prototype we wanted to take extra care with people's data. Essentially this process allows us to create a backup in case something happens (FYI we've never seen this happen) </p>
<p>Keep in mind that while your original notebook still exists, changes that you make on the Canvas won't be reflected in the original notebook. Use the 'Canvas Notebook' if you ever go to OneNote and want to update that notebook!</p>
<p>Second, we only track data changes in the 'Canvas Notebook', and not physical location after import. This means that if you move pages around in OneNote or the Canvas, they won't map back to each other.</p>
<p>This is because the Canvas allows you to break the organization rules that OneNote provides. For example, you could drag a page directly to the canvas. In OneNote there is no such capability</p>
<p> Third, as you create new pages on the Canvas, they will be added to a new group in your 'Canvas Notebook' called 'Pages created on canvas'.</p>
<p>This is because we can't guarantee that where you create a page maps back to a valid OneNote location. To be safe, we simply put all pages in this new section.</p>
<p>Fourth, if you decide to stop using the Canvas and want to return to your old world, you should consider the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>If you continued to use your notebook in OneNote, were you using the 'Canvas Notebook' version or the original? Check pages you've edited to make sure your edits are in one place </li>
<li>You will need to decide which notebook to make your primary. One common option is to treat your original notebook as the backup and use the 'Canvas Notebook' as your primary. You could rename the notebook if necessary. </li>
<li>If you created pages on the Canvas, you will probably want to move them from the 'Pages created on canvas' section and put them in the correct sections in your notebook </li>
<li>Close one of the notebooks. Since you don't need both, you can right click on the notebook you decide to stop using and choose Close Notebook (note: the data file will still be on your system, which you can optionally delete) </li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
<ul>
<li>A <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=968009">cumulative patch for Outlook 2007 ID 968009</a> has been released. Read about it on <a href="http://blog.mpecsinc.ca/2009/02/outlook-2007-cumulative-updates-via-kb.html">MPECS Inc. Blog</a>. There was also a <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=961752">hotfix released 24 February Article ID 961752</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p>Now moving to Australian Politics:</p>
<ul>
<li>The Australian government may run into more trouble passing its controversial ISP filtering plan than anticipated, as key senator Nick Xenophon has withdrawn his support and now says he will oppose any legislation on the topic. Read the full article by <a href="http://arstechnica.com/authors/jacqui-cheng/">Jacqui Cheng</a> on <a href="http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/02/key-backers-change-of-heart-endangers-aussie-net-filtering.ars">ars technica</a>.</li>
<li>The Institute of Public Affairs has written a quite <a href="http://www.ipa.org.au/publications/1661/keeping-up-with-kevin-kevin-rudd's-testosterone-technocracy">in depth critique of Kevin Rudd’s essay</a> released in February.</li>
<li>Clive Hamilton has written a piece for the ABC News website that is absolute drivel titled: <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/01/2433845.htm">Net Porn: Whose rights matter most?</a> The article doesn’t even address the titles question. What is very interesting is reading the hundreds of comments that take apart his vague arguments and debate the core issues at stake here. (Not porn as it happens, but censorship in general). This commentary )from which Clive is suspiciously absent, is mostly well behaved, cogently argued and demonstrates the new political arena we are in. No longer can power brokers make decisions in a vacuum, with only yes men feedback from other civil servants. Now the general populace has a forum for its voice, anybody can partake in the debate. It is only a matter of time before the politicians wake up to this and embrace it. If they don’t they will be summarily dismissed at the next election. In this instance Stephen Conroy the ministerial bunny in charge of this “hot potato” has gone to ground and is in hiding – presumably wishing this whole thing would go away.</li>
</ul>
<p>And now to Last.fm the music tracking social website. Here are some links to a whole bunch of related websites and tools that provide widgets and tools:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.remzou.com/lastfm-artists-tag-cloud-generator-fr">Artist tag cloud generator</a> (in French but easy enough to figure out if you can’t read French)</li>
<li><a href="http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/eclectic.php">How eclectic is your musical style?</a> I scored 100!</li>
<li><a href="http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/recommend.php">Generate your recommended artists tag cloud</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>And now for a bunch of random things:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/cc405106.aspx">Internet Explorer 8 has a compatibility feature</a> that can be plugged into existing websites to make the compatible. Read all about it on MSDN.</li>
<li>If you use Goggle Calendar and Thunderbird, this article explains <a href="http://www.terencechang.com/2008/10/22/sync-google-calendar-with-thunderbird-lighting-travel-with-google-calendar/">how to sync Google Calendar and Thunderbird on to your local computer and across computers</a>.</li>
<li>Sarah blogs about a <a href="http://on10.net/blogs/sarahintampa/Windows-Live-Mesh-Video-Player-Available/">Windows Live Mesh Video player</a> that is now available. I haven’t tried this yet – can someone who has let me know how they found it?</li>
<li><a href="http://mydzo.blogspot.com/2009/02/microsoft-to-find-who-is-behind.html">Microsoft to find who is behind the Downadup/Conficker virus</a></li>
<li>PayPal have announced a new <a href="https://www.paypal.com/au/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_payflow-gateway-overview-outside">Payflow Payment Gateway</a></li>
<li>Creation Ministries has launched a whole new website on <a href="http://www.creation.com">www.creation.com</a></li>
</ul>
https://www.spyjournal.biz/web-round-4-march-2009#commentsOneNoteOutlookWindows 7Windows Home ServeremailnocleanfeedsecurityMusicpoliticsCool Toolshttps://www.spyjournal.biz/crss/node/1049Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:09:29 +0000jethro1049 at https://www.spyjournal.bizCool Tools round uphttps://www.spyjournal.biz/cool-tools-round-0
<p>I’ve got lots of interesting things to share today.</p>
<p>If you like medieval siege equipment then this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5uX_Z7VZ6k&amp;fmt=22">YouTube video of Mongo the Trebuchet</a> will fascinate you and if you don’t have any particular interest than perhaps just the sight of a flaming fireball being hurled through the air might. Link thanks to Geeks are Sexy.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/Glasseswoman3_slide_show.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="Glasses-woman-3_slide_show" border="0" alt="Glasses-woman-3_slide_show" align="right" src="http://www.spyjournal.biz/files/Glasseswoman3_slide_show_thumb.jpg" width="244" height="184" /></a>Another “heads up” from the Sexy Geeks (pun intended) concerns <a href="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/01/20/terry-pratchett-fights-alzheimers-with-infrared-helmet/">Terry Pratchett and some fancy hi tech science helping him fight Alzheimers</a>.</p>
<p>A <a href="http://groups.drupal.org/node/18227">Drupal group meetup is on in Brisbane</a> next week – I’m going.</p>
<p>Two new OneNote blogs – from guys in the Microsoft One Note team – John Guin writes on <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/johnguin/">One Note Testing</a> and Jeff Cardon on <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/onenotetips/default.aspx">OneNote Tips &amp; Tricks</a></p>
<p><a href="http://blogs.technet.com/homeserver/archive/2009/01/08/hard-drive-not-found-and-data-recovery-with-windows-home-server.aspx">Hard Drive Not Found and Data Recovery with Windows Home Server</a> another great story on why to have a Windows Home Server. We are setting up our second one now.</p>
<p>Windows 7. There’s been lots of build up and very little hype. The beta is out and being installed by large numbers of people. I have mine downloaded but haven’t had time to set up a test machine for it yet.</p>
<p>Here are some reviews blogs and other items.</p>
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<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/default.aspx">Engineering Windows 7</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.windows7review.com/">Windows 7 Review</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/the-geek-blog/what-you-should-expect-from-the-windows-7-beta/">What You Should Expect from the Windows 7 Beta</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://blog.007corner.com/?p=4">007’s review</a> (Ben works for me) </li>
</ul>
<p>There is a <a href="https://partner.microsoft.com/us/40093011">Windows 7 at a glance whitepaper</a> for Microsoft partners</p>
<p>Xobni have some great “how to” videos</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.xobni.com/learnmore/find_attachments">Quick Attachment Discovery</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.xobni.com/learnmore/inbox_search">Find email instantly</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.xobni.com/learnmore/letsmeet">One-Click Scheduling</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.xobni.com/learnmore/getthedigits">Phone Numbers</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.xobni.com/learnmore/linkedin">Xobni Now Includes LinkedIn Profile Data</a> – and <a href="http://www.xobni.com/partners">Facebook, Yahoo mail, Skype and Hoovers</a> </li>
</ul>
<p>I finally got around to downloading and installing the <a href="http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/Home.aspx">Microsoft Research Worldwide Telescope</a>. Wow – what an amazing educational tool allowing you explore the heavens from your desktop. You can cionfigure it to see what your viewing from your own house is like so you can look for familiar constellations and then drill in way beyond the naked eye and see what the big telescopes can see as well as learn about the heavenly bodies. What an amazing creation! There is even a kids tour featuring Wall-E.</p>
<p>Some sad news, the number of abortions in the US since 1973 is approaching 50 million. <a href="http://theologica.blogspot.com/2009/01/number-of-abortions-since-1973.html">Between two worlds blog post refers to the Memorial to the Missing</a> that is being built as well as provides a way to envisage the number of deaths that involves.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/learning/snacks/default.mspx">Microsoft Learning</a> has some great free videos on some of their software tools. Here are links to videos about Silverlight, Virtualisation, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. Microsoft Expression Blend is the new Microsoft web design application. There are lots of <a href="http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/cc197141.aspx">tools to help with Expression Blend</a> on their website.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.3jam.com/desktop_download.php">3jam have a desktop tool</a> allowing you to send SMS messages to over 180 countries in the world. I use it to receive my twitter direct messages on my phone as that is not otherwise free here in Australia.</p>
https://www.spyjournal.biz/cool-tools-round-0#commentsOneNoteOutlookWindows 7Windows Home ServerDrupalCool Toolshttps://www.spyjournal.biz/crss/node/1007Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:55:42 +0000jethro1007 at https://www.spyjournal.biz